From the Bedroom Overhead

When they were young
and always underfoot
they were encouraged
to entertain playmates
in their very own rooms.

All that noise, the
childish exuberance
their zest for life
made their parents
nervous and upset.

Now that the young
are grown and become
nubile, they entertain
playmates in those
very same rooms.

Upsetting their parents
making them nervous
straining to hear
some reassuring sound
from the bedroom overhead.